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(11) EP 0 355 772 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.02.1990 Bulletin 1990/09

(21) Application number: 89115384.3

(22) Date of filing: 21.08.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5C09K 19/38, C08G 65/00, C08G 65/22, C07D 303/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 26.08.1988 JP 210659/88
05.09.1988 JP 220411/88

(71) Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED
Tokyo 100 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Uchida, Shunji c/o Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Kimitsu-gun Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Hachiya, Satoshi c/o Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Kimitsu-gun Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Hashimoto, Kenji c/o Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Kimitsu-gun Chiba-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf Groening & Partner 
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Liquid-crystalline copolymer


    (57) A liquid-crystalline copolymer having a long helical pitch, the liquid-crystalline copolymer comprises the copolymerization product of;

    (a) at least one liquid-crystalline epoxy compound having a helical structure and

    (b) at least one liquid-crystalline epoxy compound having a helical structure opposite in twining direction of helix to the helical structure of the liquid-crystalline epoxy compound (a) or

    (c) at least one non-liquid-crystalline epoxy compound.







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